by lemertz | Sep 28, 2014 | Commentary |
Earlier this year, Ellen DeGeneres briefly “broke” Twitter after tweeting a selfie full of celebrities, captured while she was hosting the Oscars. In an attempt to beat the record for most re-tweets ever, she enlisted megastars like Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Lupita...
by Daniel Quarfoot | Sep 25, 2014 | Commentary |
Another year, another batch of nude celebrity photos flooding headlines and the internet. This month, actress Jennifer Lawrence, model Kate Upton, and a handful of other female celebrities became the latest celebrity hack victims when an anonymous user on the online...
by Liam O'Sullivan | Sep 18, 2014 | Commentary |
On June 12, 2014, the CEO of Tesla Motors (Tesla), Elon Musk, posted an external memo entitled “All Our Patent Are Belong To You.” In short, the memo details why Tesla is opening up its patent portfolio to the market. The primary reason given for this drastic move...
by Lindsey Crump | Sep 15, 2014 | Commentary |
Google has been a target of antitrust allegations for nearly as long as it has existed. In recent years, agencies domestic and abroad have accused the tech giant of “search bias.” The charge of search bias—levied against Google by competitors and watchdogs—asserts...
by jwherr | Jul 13, 2014 | Cases, Commentary, Legal/Tech News, Technology |
In Markman, the Supreme Court declared that determining the meaning of patent claims, i.e. “claim construction,” is a question to be decided by the court; the Seventh Amendment right to a jury trial does not apply. Markman v. Westview Instruments, Inc., 517 U.S. 370,...
by keithlim | May 2, 2014 | Cases, Commentary, Legal/Tech News |
On April 30, 2014, the Supreme Court of the United States will hear opening arguments [1] for a landmark case found in patent law casebooks, Akamai Technologies, Inc. v. Limelight Networks, Inc., whereby the Federal Circuit, sitting en banc, held in a 6-5 ruling that...
